Monroe County Criminal Court Records
A criminal court record is the case-level file kept after charges are filed and the court begins tracking the matter. In Monroe County, criminal Common Pleas records are tied to the Clerk of Courts, while public docket sheets are searched through the statewide UJS portal. The court record can include the criminal complaint, OTN, docket number, charging information, arraignment entries, bail, formal information, motions, hearings, plea, verdict, sentence, financial obligations, warrants, and appeals.
The Court of Common Pleas is Monroe County's general trial court. It hears serious criminal cases and has original jurisdiction over matters not assigned exclusively to another court. Magisterial District Courts handle preliminary arraignments, bail, warrants, preliminary hearings, summary offenses, and traffic matters. That means a criminal case may begin in an MDJ docket and later move to Common Pleas if charges are held for court.
The Monroe County District Attorney's Office is one local source for prosecutor context. The image below is from the official Monroe County District Attorney homepage.
DA information helps explain who prosecutes Commonwealth cases, but the court docket remains the source for case events, dispositions, and sentencing records.
Search Monroe County Criminal Records
Use Pennsylvania UJS Case Search for Monroe County criminal court records and docket sheets. Search by docket number when known. If the number is not known, search by participant name, OTN, complaint number, incident number, SID, or date filed. UJS docket sheets can show Common Pleas and Magisterial District Court events, but recent entries may not appear at once.
- Open UJS Case Search and choose the search-by field that matches the known information.
- Select Monroe County or the proper court filter if the portal displays those filters.
- Open the docket sheet and confirm the caption, defendant, case status, filing date, court, and docket number.
- Review the charges, docket entries, bail, hearing dates, disposition, sentence, and financial sections.
- Contact the Clerk of Courts for certified criminal copies, balances, or office-specific copy questions.
The DA's own case-information page sends the public to statewide court tools for court case information, calendars, local rules, and ePay. The image below is from the Monroe County District Attorney case-information page.
That referral confirms the practical search path: the prosecutor's office may explain its role, while UJS provides public criminal docket sheets.
Monroe County Criminal Case Flow
A Monroe County criminal court record changes as the case moves through the courts. Early events may be in an MDJ docket, including preliminary arraignment, bail, and preliminary hearing. If charges are held for court, the Common Pleas criminal case can include the prosecutor's information, formal arraignment, motions, pleas, trial events, disposition, sentencing, payment plans, and appeal entries.
Case flow: Charges Filed › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
| Stage | What Happens |
|---|---|
| Charges Filed | A criminal complaint, citation, or later information starts the charge record and creates searchable docket data. |
| Arraignment | The court addresses charges, rights, bail, and the next hearing path. |
| Pretrial | Motions, continuances, discovery-related orders, bail changes, and hearing events may appear. |
| Plea or Trial | The defendant may plead, proceed to trial, or resolve charges by order or dismissal. |
| Disposition | The docket records the outcome of each charge, such as guilty, not guilty, dismissed, withdrawn, or reduced. |
| Sentencing | The sentence section can show probation, confinement, fines, costs, restitution, and payment obligations when public. |
Monroe County Criminal Record Fields
Criminal court records are read field by field. A person may have more than one docket, and a docket may list more than one charge. The field inventory matters because a charge line may have one outcome while the case as a whole has another. Always read the charge description, grade, disposition, and sentence together before drawing a conclusion from a Monroe County criminal court record.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Docket Number | The criminal case identifier used in UJS and by the Monroe County court. |
| OTN | The Offense Tracking Number tied to Pennsylvania criminal processing. |
| Complaint Number | The criminal complaint or police complaint reference when public. |
| Defendant and Attorneys | The defendant name and attorney appearances when public access rules allow display. |
| Charges | Statute, offense description, grade, count, arresting agency, and charge status. |
| Bail and Warrants | Bail type, conditions, release status, bench warrant, capias, or recall events when shown. |
| Docket Entries | Formal case events such as arraignment, information filed, motions, orders, plea, sentencing, payment plan, and appeals. |
| Sentence and Costs | Probation, confinement, restitution, fines, costs, and approved payment information. |
Charges and Convictions Compared
A charge is an accusation filed in court. A conviction is an outcome after a guilty plea, verdict, or other finding that supports conviction. Monroe County criminal court records can show charges that were amended, reduced, dismissed, withdrawn, or resolved in different ways. For a closer look at the charging side before final outcome, use the Monroe County court charge records page.
| Point | Charge | Conviction |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | An allegation filed by complaint, citation, or information. | A final outcome based on plea, verdict, or court finding. |
| Where it appears | Charge section of the criminal docket. | Disposition and sentencing sections. |
| Can change | Yes, charges may be amended, reduced, withdrawn, or dismissed. | Changes usually require later court action, appeal, expungement, or limited access. |
| How to read it | Check grade, count, statute, and status. | Check disposition, sentence, and date. |
Monroe County DA and Defense Roles
The Monroe County District Attorney prosecutes criminal cases for the Commonwealth. The research identifies the DA office at 701 Main Street, Suite 200, Stroudsburg, and names Mike Mancuso as District Attorney. The prosecutors page also identifies First Assistant District Attorney Michael T. Rakaczewski and other prosecution staff. These roles explain why prosecutor-filed information and case events may appear after the MDJ stage.
The image below is from the Monroe County District Attorney prosecutors page.
Prosecutor information identifies the office, but the docket should be used to confirm the actual charge status and court disposition.
The Monroe County Public Defender's Office represents eligible people charged with Commonwealth crimes who cannot afford counsel. The official Public Defender page says eligibility is based on gross income using Federal Poverty Guidelines and that the office does not represent federal offenses. Chief Public Defender Jason A. LaBar is identified in county contact materials.
The image below is from the Monroe County Public Defender page.
Defense-office eligibility is separate from public access to criminal court records, but it can matter for pending cases and limited-access questions.
Reading Sentences and Costs
Sentencing entries should be read with the matching charge disposition. A Monroe County criminal court record may list probation, confinement, fines, costs, restitution, payment plans, or court supervision. A docket may also show bench warrant events, capias events, payment-plan events, or appeal entries after sentencing. PAePay may show approved criminal financial obligations, but it does not replace the docket or the Clerk of Courts for case-specific questions.
Some criminal court records also connect to Pretrial and DUI Services before final disposition. The research notes that office supervises people as a bail condition, makes referrals, reports violations, conducts Court Reporting Network evaluations, and supports the Alcohol Highway Safety Program for DUI offenses. Those events are court-related, but the docket remains the public case event record.
Sealed and Expunged Criminal Records
Monroe County criminal court records can be restricted by sealing, expungement, or Pennsylvania limited access. Expungement under state law removes qualifying records from ordinary public channels. Limited access can shield certain criminal history records from public view while preserving access for criminal justice agencies. Juvenile records are generally confidential, and victim-sensitive or identifier data is redacted under public access rules.
The image below is from the Pennsylvania statute source for criminal record relief, 18 Pa.C.S. Section 9122.
That statute is part of the legal framework, but eligibility depends on the docket, charge outcome, waiting period, and court order.
| Point | Sealed or Limited Access | Expunged |
|---|---|---|
| Public visibility | Hidden from ordinary public view under court order or statute. | Removed or destroyed from ordinary public criminal-history channels. |
| Agency access | Criminal justice agencies may retain access. | Access is sharply limited and depends on the order and law. |
| Common path | Petition or qualifying limited-access process. | Petition under qualifying expungement categories. |
| Practical step | Identify docket numbers and charges before filing. | Confirm eligibility before expecting public dockets to disappear. |
Public Access to Monroe Criminal Records
Public criminal court access in Monroe County is governed by the UJS Case Records Public Access Policy, not only by general county open-records rules. The policy controls public inspection and copying of court case records, while the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law applies to many public agency records outside the court case file context.
UJS warns that docket sheets are not a substitute for a Pennsylvania State Police criminal history background check. That warning matters because a docket is a court case record, not a complete statewide criminal-history report. For official copies, contact the Monroe County Clerk of Courts. For active prosecution office information, contact the District Attorney. For eligibility or representation questions in pending Commonwealth cases, contact counsel or the Public Defender if appropriate.
The county's Public Defender contact page identifies the chief defender. The image below comes from Jason A. LaBar's official county contact page.
That contact can be relevant for eligible defendants, while public users still rely on UJS and the Clerk of Courts for criminal court record access.
Note: Public docket access can show court events, but sealed, juvenile, expunged, and limited-access records are not ordinary public results.
Monroe County Clerk of Courts
The Clerk of Courts function handles criminal Common Pleas filings, criminal court records, and financial obligations. Monroe County lists George Warden for Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, and Clerk of Orphans' Court functions, while the work remains split by record type. Criminal court copy questions should go to the Clerk of Courts rather than the Prothonotary civil office.
Monroe County Clerk of Courts
610 Monroe Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
570-517-3385
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Monroe County Public Defender
701 Main Street, Suite 301
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
570-517-3042
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.